Richards, David, Papers, 1968-1997

United States. Supreme Court

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Supreme Court of the United States, final court of appeal and final expositor of the Constitution of the United States. Within the framework of litigation, the Supreme Court marks the boundaries of authority between state and nation, state and state, and government and citizen. Scope And Jurisdiction The Supreme Court was created by the Constitutional Convention of 1787 as the head of a federal court system, though it was not formally established until Congress passed the Judiciary Act in 17...

Richards, D. J. (David John), 1933-

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Born in 1933, David Richards was a prominent liberal activist and civil rights lawyer in Texas. Richards was raised in Waco, Texas, where he met his first wife, Governor Ann W. Richards (1933-2006). The high school sweethearts married in 1953 while attending Baylor University. After graduating in 1954, Richards enrolled in the University of Texas Law School. Upon graduation, the couple moved to Dallas where he began practicing law in 1957. In the meantime, they had four children – C...

Richards, David, 1933-

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Austin (Tex.). City Council

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